blackmiird
New Member
Hey! Please forgive my mistakes, I'm a new sailor and still learning.
My friends and I recently came across an old 24ft sailboat, and it seems in fine condition.
The mast, boom (and mainsheet), and jib/furler were all down and rolled up.
We tried to raise the mast, but the forestay that seems to be directly embedded into the masthead is too short to reach the corner of the bow where the connection point is.
The boat also came with a jib furled up around an auto-furler. I was wondering if that would be adequate to just use the jib/autofurler as the forestay to keep the mast up? Or do we need to use the actual forestay wire?
Thanks for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Blackmiird
My friends and I recently came across an old 24ft sailboat, and it seems in fine condition.
The mast, boom (and mainsheet), and jib/furler were all down and rolled up.
We tried to raise the mast, but the forestay that seems to be directly embedded into the masthead is too short to reach the corner of the bow where the connection point is.
The boat also came with a jib furled up around an auto-furler. I was wondering if that would be adequate to just use the jib/autofurler as the forestay to keep the mast up? Or do we need to use the actual forestay wire?
Thanks for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Blackmiird